This blog consists of photos and writings about some of the trips I’ve taken. This is a personal record of my trips and includes a summary of daily activities and observations. The narrative that I write is usually taken from emails sent to family and friends. I used to send postcards while traveling, but now I send emails.
I was previously posting my travel reports on Google’s Blogger.com. Blogger worked fine, except sometimes the formatting was a little tricky and didn’t render pages the way I was expecting. This blog is hosted on GitHub and rendered with Quarto, an open-source scientific and technical publishing system. Quarto does a good job of formatting the documents into web pages. I don’t have a proof reader or professional editor for this project. Instead, I’m relying on the LibreOffice spell checker and the grammar and spell checker of Google Docs to help me with this part of the writing process.
Places Visited
National Parks
Acadia, Maine
Arches, Utah
Badlands, South Dakota
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Canyonlands, Utah
Capitol Reef, Utah
Channel Islands, California
Crater Lake, Oregon
Death Valley, Nevada
Denali, Alaska
Everglades, Florida
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Grand Teton, Wyoming
Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, Tennessee
Haleakalā, Hawaii
Hawaii Volcanoes, Hawaii
Joshua Tree, California
Kenai Fjords, Alaska
Kings Canyon, California
Lassen Volcanic, California
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Mount Rainier, Washington
North Cascades, Washington
Olympic, Washington
Petrified Forest, Arizona
Redwood, California
Saguaro, Arizona
Sequoia, California
Wind Cave, South Dakota
Yellowstone, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Yosemite, California
Zion, Utah
Glacier National Park and Waterton National Park in Canada
National Monuments
Agua Fria, Arizona
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado
Casa Grande Ruins, Arizona
Cedar Breaks, Utah
Craters of the Moon, Idaho
Devils Postpile, California
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Giant Sequoia, California
Grand Staircase-Escalante, Utah
Hovenweep, Utah
Jewel Cave, South Dakota
Lava Beds, California
Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Montezuma Castle, Arizona
Natural Bridges, Utah
Navajo, Arizona
Organ Pipe Cactus, Arizona
Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Statue of Liberty, New York, New Jersey
Tonto, Arizona
Tuzigoot, Arizona
Muir Woods, California
Sunset Crater, Arizona
Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco
Countries
North America
Canada
Mexico
Belize
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Panama
Caribbean Islands
Bahamas
Turks and Caicos Islands
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
US Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
St Martin
Antigua
St Lucia
Aruba
Curacao
South America
Columbia
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Europe
England and Scotland
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Greece
Vatican City
Croatia
Estonia
Denmark
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
Other Countries
Turkey
Egypt
Australia
Cyprus
Malta
Israel
Jordan
Oman
United Arab Emirates
India
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Singapore
Fiji
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
French Polynesia
Cruises
Numerious cruises on Norwegian, Oceania, Holland America and one cruise on Carnival.
Places on my list to visit one day
New Zealand
Switzerland
Austria
Japan
China
Ireland
Prague, Czech Republic
The Lewis and Clark Trail
List of States yet to visit
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Illinois
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
West Virginia